Primo's Son

A stalwart young Spaniard who sailed last week into Manhattan on the Paris is Don Miguel Primo de Rivera, 24, whose name is identical with that of his father, the 58-year-old Dictator of Spain.

Young Primo has a tiny black mustache, is a Lieutenant in the Hussars, and plays so keen a game of polo that he was teamed, last month at Santander, with the only reigning monarch who is a crack poloist: His Most Catholic Majesty Alfonso XIII, King of Spain.

Said Lieutenant Primo de Rivera, after confirming the announcement that he comes to found an Hispano-U.S. tourist bureau (TIME, Aug. 13):

"No, no, I am not married. Thank goodness not! A man should be more than a poor lieutenant before he marries. . . . So I eagerly grasp this opportunity, which is given me by my father!

"His duties in Spain are so arduous that he may never come to America, so he is sending me instead, to 'show his interest in America, because I am his namesake. . . . This year and next there will be great expositions at Seville and Barcelona, so there has now been established the Patronato Regio del Turismo (Royal Tourist Board) composed of many important Spanish personages."